23.24.030 Procedures.
A. Two-Step Review Process. Applications for general and specific binding site plan approval shall follow the procedures in Chapter 21.10 BMC. The review and approval of a binding site plan is a two-step process: general and specific. The process begins with a general binding site plan and ends with specific binding site plan. Subject to the city’s approval, the two-step process may be combined.
1. General Binding Site Plan. The purpose of a general binding site plan is to identify in broad terms the scope and feasibility of development anticipated within the boundaries of the affected parcels, as well as to identify the location of the various lots created by the general binding site plan. The general binding site plan is a guiding document for future development, including specific binding site plans, and provides a general layout, establishes or reconfigures internal lot lines, identifies the location of critical areas and mitigation for the impact of those areas, identifies storm water requirements and primary access points, and provides specific conditions for future construction. Review of a general binding site plan follows the Type II process in BMC 21.10.110, and the decision on the general binding site plan is based on the criteria in BMC 23.24.040.
2. Specific Binding Site Plan. The purpose of the specific binding site plan is to enable the applicant to create individual lots for lease or sale, and to develop lots within the approved general binding site plan without undergoing a lengthy review and approval process; provided, that public and/or private infrastructure is in place to adequately serve the lots proposed within the specific binding site plan application. Review of a specific binding site plan follows the Type I process in BMC 21.10.100 unless an application for a specific binding site plan is submitted for review concurrently with an application for general binding site plan, in which case it shall be reviewed through the Type II process in BMC 21.10.110.
B. Approval Required. The city will not issue building permits prior to final approval of a specific binding site plan.
C. Notification. In addition to the notification requirements of BMC 21.10.200, the following agencies shall also be provided notice of an application for a general binding site plan:
1. For binding site plans adjacent to the right-of-way of a state highway or within two miles of the boundary of a state or municipal airport, written notice including a legal description of the general binding site plan and a location map shall be sent to the Secretary of Transportation. Notice of intent to divide shall also be sent to the local airport authority.
2. If the proposed binding site plan is located in whole or in part in a designated floodplain as provided in Chapter 86.16 RCW, the director shall give written notice of the application, including a legal description of the binding site plan and a location map, to the State Department of Ecology. [Ord. 2018-12-036 § 2 (Exh. A)].